Welcome to the OpenSSL Project

The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust,
commercial-grade, full-featured, and Open
Source toolkit implementing the
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3)
and Transport
Layer Security (TLS) protocols as well as a full-strength general
purpose cryptography library.
The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that
use the Internet to communicate, plan, and develop the OpenSSL toolkit and its
related documentation.

OpenSSL is based on the excellent SSLeay library developed by Eric Young
and Tim Hudson. The OpenSSL toolkit is
licensed
under an Apache-style
licence, which basically means that you are free to get and use it for
commercial and non-commercial purposes subject to some simple license
conditions.

This software package uses strong cryptography, so even if it is created,
maintained and distributed from liberal countries in Europe (where it is legal
to do this), it falls under certain export/import and/or use restrictions in
some other parts of the world.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EXPORT/IMPORT AND/OR USE OF STRONG CRYPTOGRAPHY
SOFTWARE, PROVIDING CRYPTOGRAPHY HOOKS OR EVEN JUST COMMUNICATING TECHNICAL
DETAILS ABOUT CRYPTOGRAPHY SOFTWARE IS ILLEGAL IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD.
SO, WHEN YOU IMPORT THIS PACKAGE TO YOUR COUNTRY, RE-DISTRIBUTE IT FROM
THERE OR EVEN JUST EMAIL TECHNICAL SUGGESTIONS OR EVEN SOURCE PATCHES TO THE
AUTHOR OR OTHER PEOPLE YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO
ANY EXPORT/IMPORT AND/OR USE LAWS WHICH APPLY TO YOU. THE AUTHORS OF OPENSSL
ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY VIOLATIONS YOU MAKE HERE. SO BE CAREFUL, IT
IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

CREDIT INFORMATION:
This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young.
This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).